This workshop will cover advanced cyber defense techniques and tools, emerging technologies in identifying zero-day vulnerabilities, mission and system resilience and survivability, and much more. Please join fellow Cyber Test & Evaluation (T&E), Acquisition, and Operation professionals from the government, industry, and academia to share information, lessons learned and knowledge. Join us at the opening Session on Wen. August 30th for...

Foreign Military Sales and ITAR Compliance Approved for 2 CES/MES Credits from NCBFAA-NEI Featuring Steven A. Casazza (President) and Chanel Gargula (Solutions Team Lead) of Defense Trade Solutions This webinar will take a deep dive into the FMS process and how it operates within the larger Arms Export Control Act environment, with a focus on how U.S. defense companies can leverage it to suit U.S. government foreign policy objectives and incre...

The cyber threat landscape is constantly changing. New threats are always emerging, as are new bad actors, whether pursuing criminal activities or working on behalf of nation-states hostile to U.S. interests. The Pentagon already is moving quickly to implement its Zero Trust strategy, and sees it as a foundational part of IT modernization and digital transformation, whether on a battlefield or in essential functions such as logistics. The DoD...

You’ve taken the classes, skimmed DCAA’s "Information for Contractors," read DCAA's "ICE Manual," and utilized the official ICE Model to build your submission, but you are still wondering if you can draft an acceptable proposal. Worse yet, you wonder if the ICE submission could trigger an audit. The good news is that you can deploy a few processes to ensure that your first submission is your only submission. If you already know the...

As the government moves increasingly towards digital infrastructure, geopolitical tensions rise, and individuals access more endpoints from more locations than ever before, a strong cyber posture must be embedded in everything agencies do. Policy guidance such as the cyber executive order, NIST’s updated security risk framework, and the Cyberspace Solarium’s recommendations offer strategic direction while tactical playbooks such as...

Government Summit - Washington DC Join the Google Government Summit to learn how technology is helping government leaders achieve mission outcomes and unleash human potential.Google Public Sector is bringing together government and industry leaders from federal, state, and local government from the United States and around the world. Speakers include Jeanette Manfra, MK Palmore, Thomas Kurian and others.Request a spot in person for the full da...

Revenue recognition has been a hot topic since the introduction of ASC 606 in 2014 - an accounting standard that changed the criteria for recognizing revenue for all companies and introduced a nuance unique to government contractors. Many small companies struggle to understand and apply the concept of recognizing revenue when it is earned versus when cash is received. As part of GAAP compliance, our role is to ensure that revenue and costs are...

Cybersecurity is paramount in every phase of a system lifecycle. Professionals involved in Test and Evaluation are increasingly tasked with more rigorous controls, more complicated interconnections, and more contested operating environments. Cybersecurity is applied across all Government domains from common tactical networks to weapon systems. Instead of focusing on the depth of cybersecurity T&E in a single space, this workshop will focus...

The current Global Power Competition (GPC) climate can pose a change to the acquisition and fielding process of most systems. It is important to understand the 21st Century T&E Tools to improve testing to meet the GPC demand. How will the military budget, DoD, DHS, and Commercial Industry adjust in a time of risk and change? Is your organization ready? This year the Symposium will be coordinated by the Hampton Roads Chapter with Volunteers...

Modern warfare has dramatically shifted over the past two decades. Data and technology have become as important to 21st century defense as bombs and bullets. And as the U.S. expands its focus on Great Power competition with near-peer adversaries like China and Russia, the Department of Defense has placed a greater emphasis on using modern, data-driven technologies to enable better and quicker decision-making in life and death scenarios. Defens...